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Ariel’s Song: Jeanine Tesori and James Dooley, two fortunate composers under the sea!
…like: “Oh, we all have the same CD. This is the guy!” So, I came in. They’re really great people and I really got friendly with them. And then, right… |
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Casper and Wendy’s Ghostly Adventures
…small creature or child without prejudice and they end up having a great time. Then, in the middle of the cartoon, they typically encounter a problem, and Casper has the… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 3 1941-1943
…on the first disc (The Clown’s Little Brother, The Cartoon Factory, and Koko Needles The Boss). Anyone who has seen these Out Of The Inkwell shorts knows that they are… |
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Cartoon Network announces 2008 programming
…fact sheets about each show, and pictures from the event and the new series’ just look here: Batman: The Brave and the Bold Launch date: Batman: The Brave and the… |
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Frank Walsh: On set with Prince Caspian’s Final Battle – The Beruna Bridge Sequence
…the Telamarines were felling a whole forest to achieve the task. Then we see the army crossing on their way to Narnia. The troops are then seen retreating across the… |
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3-D "a revelation" for Sigourney Weaver
…to watch James Cameron work. “He’d invented these cameras. He operated them on almost every shot – and they’re huge. And he had so much to do with the design… |
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Toon producers outsource to China
…into the Chinese-language toon business, The Secret of the Magic Gourd. A tale of a vegetable with special powers, the film fared well in Asia and has been described by… |
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Behind the scenes of Wall•E
…out the whole film on the spot. “He gave me the private show,” laughs the 59-year-old, who ended up working on Indiana Jones And The Crystal Skull at the same… |
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M. Night Shyamalan's take on The Last Airbender
…issues and serious larger topics–at the center, genocide–all kinds of stuff. Cultural differences at the center. It has Buddhism, Hinduism, things I’m interested in.[And] the great thing about [the action]… |
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More Pixar and Wall•E goodies
…than Ratatouille‘s. Coming Soon! offers another great interview with writer/director Andrew Stanton. And last but not least, the Disney Blog reveals that preview screenings of Wall•E will begin this week… |
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Polar Bears, WALL-E's BAFTA win, plus the return of our Oscar Contest!
…these three titles: the Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition, Space Buddies, and the recently released The Secret Of The Magic Gourd! All three giveaways end at the stroke of… |
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You’re A Good Sport, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…is the sole featurette on the disc. It examines the role of sports in the Peanuts comic strip, and nicely showcases Craig Schulz and his love of motocross. The best… |
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3-D movies: The answer to filling theaters?
NPR.org has posted an article featuring Jeffrey katzenberg seeing 3-D as the third great revolution in the history of film. He predicts that in less than a handful of years… |
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The Art Of Pixar Shorts, plus last chance for the Oscar Contest!
…of the CG studio’s output. Covering thirteen of Pixar’s short films from The Adventures Of Wally B. to Lifted, the book very neatly separates them up into sections: the Early… |
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Lilo & Stitch: A Little More Conversation with directors Chris Sanders & Dean De Blois!
…to Disney in 1987, working on The Rescuers Down Under (visual development and story), Beauty and the Beast (he storyboarded the death and resurrection of the Beast), The Lion King… |
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When You Wish Upon A Star: The Musical Making of Walt Disney’s Pinocchio
…development of these variations of the theme requires the most detailed care. The spectator must be aware of the theme and of its slightly altered form, but neither theme nor… |
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Azur & Asmar: Michel Ocelot’s Quest For Tolerance
…of the nurse. As they grow up the nurse tells them many enchanting stories but their favorite is about the Djinn fairy waiting to be released from captivity by a… |
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Pinocchio and Gulliver, but which one is the big lie…?
…of the format’s great and the frankly awful. First up is Walt Disney’s fantastic second animated feature, 1940’s Pinocchio, which I regard as the Citizen Kane of animated pictures: not… |
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The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest: Season One, Volume One
…I enjoyed the cast readings. But my favorite part of the show is the redone theme. The original Jonny Quest theme is an all-time classic, and the new version— playing… |
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Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter
…the Digital Copy disc. There is an insert concerning the Digital Copy, and one advertising the Watchmen collected editions and the video game base on the movie. Ink And Paint:… |
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Watching the Watchmen, plus Green Lantern!
Although the Watchmen film ultimately failed to fulfill all the very heavy expectations both fans of the comic book and those coming to the property for the first time might… |
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Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird – 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
…Movie scene and had them drive through the Bird’s film. By 1985, the Muppets themselves had reached the peak of their success and even their creators were moving on slowly… |
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Snoopy’s Reunion: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…Lila, and in the end only Missy remains with the farmer. Lila loves Snoopy very much, and they have great times together, but she must return him to the farm… |
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Scooby! Samurai Swords! Sin City! Plus Something Wicked, Honey!
…a costume exploration, demonstrating the in-depth levels these featurettes reach in bringing the film’s making to the screen, leaving the only non-ported extra from the DVD a look at the… |
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Arthur And The Invisibles
…not to be drowned by its problems. The two most glaring issues are those I mentioned at the beginning. The first of these is the “dumbed-down” factor. The most obvious… |
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Bee Movie
…the most glamorous job and get to actually leave the hive, Barry gets a chance to go on a mission with them. While enjoying the freedom of the outside world,… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 1
…Tarzan do not match the episode featured on the disc. The meat of the special features is in the form of two Bonus Documentaries, both of which appear on the… |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…Ice Age and the disappointing The Meltdown, Dawn of the Dinosaurs could be considered the best of the three. While missing the heart of the first it adds action, adventure,… |
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Season 1.1
…control the Earth’s animals and even the Joe’s own Junkyard (Snake Eye’s dog) turns against them. Finally, the last episode on the set is “The Funhouse” and it features the… |
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Grave Of The Fireflies: Collector’s Series
…impart the effect of the film. The emotions are brought to the forefront not so much by the plot, but by smaller moments. During the still, quiet moments, the children… |
